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https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...486593934594&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.acad44e724e3
Carly Fiorina, the former GOP presidential candidate, is considering challenging Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) next year.
Her comments on a Portsmouth-based radio show popular among party activists marks the first time that the Fairfax resident has spoken publicly about getting back into politics since the November election.
Im certainly looking at that opportunity, she told host John Fredericks about a Senate bid on Tuesday. Its a little early to be making that decision.
Fiorina and her husband moved to Lorton in Fairfax County in 2011 after a bruising loss in her bid to unseat Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).
She ended her presidential campaign one year ago this month,and briefly jumped onto the ill-fated campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz (R) as his vice presidential pick. In the months since, Fiorina has been helping other Republicans, particularly in Virginia where she stumped for everyone from Rep. Barbara Comstock (R) to little-known candidates for state legislature.
Kaine, who was Hillary Clintons runningmate on the Democratic presidential ticket, will be seeking a second term in the Senate in 2018.
A former governor whose place on the Clinton ticket helped him build a national profile, Kaine has returned to the Capitol Hill as an outspoken critic of President Donald Trumps agenda.
Virginia was the only southern state that Clinton carried in November and all five statewide officeholders are Democrats, something Fiorina referenced in her interview.
We [Republicans] should be realistic that is going to be a very, very tough race, said the former Hewlett Packard chief executive. Virginia is a purple state. Virginia has two Democratic senators. The Democratic Party is going to throw everything they have at defending Tim Kaines seat.
Other candidates are toying with running as well.
Laura Ingraham, the conservative radio host who supported Rep. Dave Brat (R-Va.) in his 2014 ouster of then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, confirmed on Fox & Friends last month that she is considering jumping into the race. Contacted by The Washington Post, she declined to comment further.